Advice

When I am not at SkiUphill cutting skins, fitting boots or mounting bindings, I am a physiotherapist at Rocky Mountain Rehab and Sports Medicine in Canmore. Technique and equipment play huge roles in performance, injury prevention and how much you enjoy your time outside backcountry skiing or trail running. Our mission is to put customers on the right equipment for them and to educate them regarding progression, injury prevention, fit, technique or simply on where to go! Here is an article I wrote a little while ago about hip flexors and backcountry skiing.

I love mellow skin tracks. I love being able to glide effortlessly up a slope while staying flat on my skis. Each time I went to Utah I found myself cursing about those "in your face straight up" skin tracks. It seemed like I spent my entire time on the highest riser position. Being on a race heel with only 1 riser, I cursed a lot. More efficient or not? I'm not sure there is an answer to that...